1972 Balkans Cup

Football tournament season

1972 Balkans CupTournament details

Country| Balkans
Teams| 6
Final positions
Champions|  Trakia Plovdiv
Runners-up|  FK Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 41 (2.93 per match)

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The 1972 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a regional football competition featuring representative clubs from the Balkan states. The tournament was contested by six teams and Trakia Plovdiv emerged as the champion, winning the trophy.[1]

## Group Stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  FK Vardar (A) | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 4  | 1.500  | 4  | Advances to finals
2  |  Kavala | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 6  | 0.833  | 4  |
3  |  Shkëndija Tiranë | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 0.800  | 4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

2 May 1972 (1972-05-02)

Shkëndija Tiranë | 2–1|  Kavala

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Dinamo, Tirana

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16 May 1972 (1972-05-16)

Kavala | 2–0|  Shkëndija Tiranë

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Anthi Karagianni, Kavala

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18 June 1972 (1972-06-18)

Kavala | 1–0|  FK Vardar

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Anthi Karagianni, Kavala

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25 June 1972 (1972-06-25)

FK Vardar | 4–1|  Kavala

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Gradski, Skopje

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17 September 1972 (1972-09-17)

FK Vardar | 1–1|  Shkëndija Tiranë

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Gradski, Skopje

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24 September 1972 (1972-09-24)

Shkëndija Tiranë | 1–1|  FK Vardar

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Dinamo, Tirana

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Trakia Plovdiv (A) | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 7  | 3  | 2.333  | 6  | Advances to finals
2  |  Göztepe | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 4  | 1.500  | 5  |
3  |  Steagul Roșu Brașov | 4  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 4  | 10  | 0.400  | 1

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

29 March 1972 (1972-03-29)

Trakia Plovdiv | 1–1|  Steagul Roșu Brașov

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Trakia, Plovdiv

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26 April 1972 (1972-04-26)

Steagul Roșu Brașov | 2–3|  Trakia Plovdiv

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Tineretului, Brașov

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14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)

Steagul Roșu Brașov | 0–1|  Göztepe

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* Türkkan 65'

Tineretului, Brașov

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23 August 1972 (1972-08-23)

Göztepe | 0–0|  Trakia Plovdiv

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İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

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30 August 1972 (1972-08-30)

Göztepe | 5–1|  Steagul Roșu Brașov

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* Öznur 4', 86'
* Aydın 18'
* Okçuoğlu 38'
* Türkkan 44'

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* Pescaru 55' (pen.)

İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

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6 September 1972 (1972-09-06)

Trakia Plovdiv | 3–0|  Göztepe

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* Dermendzhiev 66', 88'
* Ubinov  83'

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Trakia, Plovdiv

## Finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Trakia Plovdiv | 5–4  |  FK Vardar | 5–0  | 0–4

### First leg

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27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Trakia Plovdiv | 5–0|  FK Vardar

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* Apostolov 8'
* Kichekov  56', 74', 80', 86'

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Trakia, Plovdiv

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

### Second leg

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25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

FK Vardar | 4–0|  Trakia Plovdiv

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* Nikolovski  37'
* Balevski  43'
* Uzunov  58', 83'

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Gradski, Skopje

Trakia Plovdiv won 5–4 on aggregate.

## References

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1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1972 season". RSSSF.

## External links

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* RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
* Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1970-1979". RSSSF.
* Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer

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